Debra Jo Rupp (born February , ) is an American actress and comedienne
best known for her roles as Kitty Forman on the Fox sitcom That 's
Show and Alice Knight-Buffay on the third, fourth and fifth seasons of
Friends. She voiced Mary Helperman in the animated series Teacher's
Pet and its sequel film, as well as playing timid secretary Miss
Patterson in Big ().Rupp was born in Glendale, California, in the
family of Margaret A. Williams Rupp and John E. Rupp Jr. and raised in
Boxford, Massachusetts, where she attended Masconomet Regional High
School, graduating in . She has two sisters Robin Lee Rupp and Rebecca
Louise Rupp.Rupp always dreamed to be an actress, but her parents were
firmly opposed to the idea. They even sent her to the University of
Rochester in New York because it offered no theater classes. But the
school added a Drama department in Rupp's freshman year. On campus,
she was an active member of Drama House, a small theater club and
venue.[citation needed] After graduation with a B.A. degree in , she
moved to New York to begin her acting career.
best known for her roles as Kitty Forman on the Fox sitcom That 's
Show and Alice Knight-Buffay on the third, fourth and fifth seasons of
Friends. She voiced Mary Helperman in the animated series Teacher's
Pet and its sequel film, as well as playing timid secretary Miss
Patterson in Big ().Rupp was born in Glendale, California, in the
family of Margaret A. Williams Rupp and John E. Rupp Jr. and raised in
Boxford, Massachusetts, where she attended Masconomet Regional High
School, graduating in . She has two sisters Robin Lee Rupp and Rebecca
Louise Rupp.Rupp always dreamed to be an actress, but her parents were
firmly opposed to the idea. They even sent her to the University of
Rochester in New York because it offered no theater classes. But the
school added a Drama department in Rupp's freshman year. On campus,
she was an active member of Drama House, a small theater club and
venue.[citation needed] After graduation with a B.A. degree in , she
moved to New York to begin her acting career.
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